diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap4-common.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap4-common.c
index 13dc9794dcc2ea68fe9115cff7be9cd8c074a484..b557cc2c4b10e2ba4b6c4d6e3397611fb2de5952 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap4-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap4-common.c
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ void __init gic_init_irq(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CACHE_L2X0
+
+static void omap4_l2x0_disable(void)
+{
+	/* Disable PL310 L2 Cache controller */
+	omap_smc1(0x102, 0x0);
+}
+
 static int __init omap_l2_cache_init(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -66,6 +73,12 @@ static int __init omap_l2_cache_init(void)
 	 */
 	l2x0_init(l2cache_base, 0x0e050000, 0xc0000fff);
 
+	/*
+	 * Override default outer_cache.disable with a OMAP4
+	 * specific one
+	*/
+	outer_cache.disable = omap4_l2x0_disable;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 early_initcall(omap_l2_cache_init);